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ghsa-cr47-7qmc-79f4

Vulnerability from github

Published

2023-01-26 21:30

Modified

2024-11-27 21:32

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of TIF files. Crafted data in a TIF file can trigger a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18686.

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   affected: [],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2022-42420",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-787",
      ],
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      github_reviewed_at: null,
      nvd_published_at: "2023-01-26T18:59:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of TIF files. Crafted data in a TIF file can trigger a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18686.",
   id: "GHSA-cr47-7qmc-79f4",
   modified: "2024-11-27T21:32:39Z",
   published: "2023-01-26T21:30:22Z",
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      },
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      },
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}

cve-2022-42420

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-01-26 00:00

Modified

2025-03-31 17:38

Severity ?

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
	https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1388/

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	PDF-XChange	PDF-XChange Editor	Version: 9.4.363.0

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Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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